swap_horiz Puberty Blues Alternatives

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El Sur

El Sur is a 1983 Spanish drama by Victor Erice, notable for its elliptical portrait of a girl's memory of her father in...

Drama Spanish Youth Family

8.5 Great

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All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou is a 2001 Japanese drama by Shunji Iwai about alienated teenagers and online fandom, known for...

Music Drama Japanese 2000S

8.2 Great

3

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a 2015 American drama by Marielle Heller, adapted from Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel a...

American Drama 1970S Teen

8.1 Great

4

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 American dark comedy by Todd Solondz, notable for winning the Sundance Grand Jury Pri...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

8.1 Great

5

Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 Scottish drama by Ken Loach, notable for Martin Compston's debut as a teenager planning a future...

Drama Crime British 2000S

8.1 Great

6

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a 2023 American film by Kelly Fremon Craig, adapted from Judy Blume's 1970 nove...

American Drama Comedy Teen

8.1 Great

7

Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind is a 1986 Taiwanese drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien about young villagers moving to Taipei, a key work of the...

Drama Youth Romance 1980S

8.1 Great

8

Good One

Good One is a 2024 American drama by India Donaldson about a teenager on a Catskills hiking trip with her father and his...

American Drama Family Teen

7.9 Good

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Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish teen comedy by Bill Forsyth, notable for its dry humor and a schoolboy's crush on a fo...

Comedy Romance British 1980S

7.8 Good

10

Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake is a 2022 Canadian-French drama by Charlotte Le Bon, adapting Bastien Vives's graphic novel Une soeur into a...

Drama Canadian Romance Teen

7.8 Good

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Better Days

Better Days is a 2019 Chinese drama by Derek Tsang about school bullying and exam pressure, nominated for the Academy Aw...

Drama Crime Chinese Teen

7.8 Good

12

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American teen drama by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, winner of Sundance's top jury and a...

American Drama Comedy Teen

7.7 Good

13

Over the Edge

Over the Edge is a 1979 American teen drama by Jonathan Kaplan, notable for its youth-rebellion plot and Matt Dillon's f...

American Drama 1970S Teen

7.7 Good

14

The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 Australian drama by John Duigan, the first Danny Embling film and a study of rural ado...

Drama Australian Romance 1980S

7.7 Good

15

Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama by Michael Schultz, centered on Black high school friends in 1...

American Drama Comedy 1970S

7.6 Good

16

Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American drama by Patricia Cardoso, notable for America Ferrera's breakout role and its...

American Drama Family 2000S

7.4 Good

17

Better Luck Tomorrow

Better Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 American crime drama by Justin Lin about overachieving Asian American teens drawn into cr...

American Drama Crime 2000S

7.3 Good

18

The Black Balloon

The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian drama by Elissa Down, about a teenager navigating family life with an autistic br...

Drama Family Australian 2000S

7.2 Good

19

Blue Spring

Blue Spring is a 2001 Japanese drama by Toshiaki Toyoda, adapted from Taiyo Matsumoto's manga about disaffected boys at...

Drama Japanese School 2000S

7.2 Good

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Somersault

Somersault is a 2004 Australian drama by Cate Shortland, notable for Abbie Cornish's role and its record haul at the Aus...

Drama Australian Romance 2000S

6.9 Fair